Growing up, Ryan Ritchey’s favorite theme park was Epcot Center at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. He later learned that the concept of the park’s melding of cultures and technologies was based on the 1964-65 World’s Fair. This led Ritchey on a journey...read more

Disney has an important history with the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. It’s where several iconic attractions debuted including “it’s a small world,” Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and the Carousel of Progress...read more

FLUSHING MEADOWS — John Piro has watched children over the years gaze up curiously at the three towers and elliptical rotunda of the New York State Pavilion, the historic yet crumbling landmark that was once the centerpiece of the 1964 World's Fair....read more

NEW YORK -"I don't think it's a stretch to say in a lot of ways this fair was key to familiarizing people with and really normalizing the concept of working with computers," said Ryan Ritchey,"...read more